1312

Year 1312 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1312

* October 13 - Pope Clement V forcibly disbands the Knights Templar. Some argue [ [http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/King-Phillip-IV-Pope-Clement-V-and-the-Fall-of-the-Knights-Templar-Part-II.id-5316.html Friday The 13th And The Knights Templar (for Dummies)] ] that this date is the basis for the stigma surrounding the "Friday the 13th".

Undated

* A battle is fought near Thebes.
* The Siege of Rostock begins.
* Lancelotto Malocello, a Genoese navigator, sails to the island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, and remains there for almost two decades.
* Mansa Musa starts to rule the Mali Empire (approximate date).

Births

* November 13 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377)
* William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (d. 1333)
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Deaths

* May 13 - Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)
* June 19 - Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II of England
* August 27 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)
* September 7 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
* October 27 - John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
* "unknown date" - Tokhta, khan of the Blue Horde
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